Frank wrote on Mar 22
nd, 2023 at 1:41pm:
thegreatdivide wrote on Mar 20
th, 2023 at 9:15pm:
Frank wrote on Mar 20
th, 2023 at 7:14pm:
thegreatdivide wrote on Mar 20
th, 2023 at 9:27am:
You will find most who successfully assimilated have European ancestry.
Is that because of race?
More racially Aboriginal, more disfunction? yes, because the more racially (pure blood) Aboriginal more likely inhabits the more remote communities, subsisting on the dole.
Quote:Or is it culture? More culturally Aboriginal, more disfunction?
Well the pure bloods are likely to be
more disadvantaged AND more remote, subsisting on the dole.
But paradoxically, black 'culture' (inc. 'sovereignty' and all that jazz) is probably more an idea in the minds of white 'blacks' - and professors - in the cities...
So
is it race or culture or remoteness or white blacks, or welfare? All of them...but the significant 'missing piece' of the puzzle is: the
economic basis of the gap is not recognized by any of them.
Listen carefully: the gap is caused by our dysfunctional, obsolete neoclassical system based on early 18th century Adam Smith economic theories which were developed at a time (pre-industrial revolution) before governments had a significant role in the economy.
Modern economic theory posits
full employment for all citizens
regardless of race. with govt. acting as ELR (...and landlord of last resort, LLR...)
Quote:Early European settlers were as remote from Europe as it is possible to be, with no dole - and look what a great country they created in less than 200 years out of 20,000 years of nothing. Was that an achievement of race, culture, remoteness, welfare?
Incorrect, in 1788 Sydney was a 'mere' 6 months or so by ship from London, a leading centre of European civilization.
..........
Note the emotion at Albo's announcement re the wording for the voice referendum today; the awful poverty of black Oz citizens - manifested in the gap - is an unendurable stain on the nation.